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This past Wednesday I attended the Microsoft Office ODF Workshop in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft called this workshop to have a public review of the work they are doing to implement the Open Document Format (ODF) 1.1 standard into Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2. Before I go into some observations, I have to commend Microsoft on the level of technical detail and openness at this event provided. None of the executive marketing speak was present nor the 'there are no droids here' hand waving that I have gotten from Office PM's in the past at Microsoft events. We had a great conversation and got hands on access to the current ODF implementation.
Two key things I walked away with from the event:
1. Microsoft is going to implement ODF to the letter of the spec (minus one public change which will be a custom namespace in Excel to handle macros). While multiple people admitted they wanted to make recommendations to enhance ODF in the future, the first implementation will be as exact as possible. Microsoft really wants people to get the message that they are changing their attitude towards standards. While I will be cautious on this attitude long term, the people in the room all seemed to believe and live this.
2. Microsoft listened more than any other time I have been at an event they have run. Many times, they purposely asked people to expand or detail their comments. None of the 'we are Microsoft and our way is the only way' thought process I have gotten at other Microsoft Office events. Maybe that is because I bleed yellow so openly, but this was very different.
Other thoughts:
- There were some major players in the ODF space present at the meeting. I am not going to out those companies who have not publically stated they were there ... but IBM was not
- Doug Mahugh was the host of the event. I think Doug likes this role far more than what he was involved with last year ;)
- I got to meet Brian Jones and Steve McGibbon for the first time. Great to finally meet Brian. Steve really has some *cough* interesting thoughts *cough* around his former employer Lotus. But we had a great chat and I believe I was the first to show him the Notes 8 Standard client in person.
- Jesper Lund Stocholm was in attendance as well and has blogged some of his observations.
- Microsoft invited the ODF Technical Committee and the OASIS group and many of them attended.
- There was not one single Mac laptop in the room ... and there were people in the room you would expect to have one. I found that so surprising
- Building 20, of the PAC building, is one of the coolest customer facing event locations I have ever been too. It continues to impress
- The Microsoft PM's in the room were really open to suggestions and thoughts
- Microsoft is going to have to make some hard decisions on how to make stuff work in ODF that is not supported. The decision comes down to preserving how it looks or allowing it to be editable. Personally, I want the user to have some say in that choice. The first pass will be decisions made by Microsoft.
- I blasted the "If you save this document in the selected format, you might lose some content ..." dialog. What I want is a "Show Me" button next to "Yes" and "No" that will give a visible preview of what will change. Think Track Changes in Word on steroids in all three apps. Let the user choose how the conversion will work. For instance, if an Excel chart in Office 2007 can not convert completely because ODF does not have that chart type, let the user choose been changing the chart type or saving a static image. The Microsoft people in the room were very open to the dialog around this idea.
- Microsoft hosted a dinner in the evening and I had some great conversations with the other attendees and Microsoft folks.
- I got to connect with Gary Devendorf and Amy Blumenfield for lunch on Thursday. Good to see both of them!
Office ODF Support Hands On
When we got time to work with a pre beta of Office 2007 Service Park 2. The machine I was using also had OpenOffice.org 2.4. I downloaded and installed Lotus Symphony 1.0. My tests were creating documents in Lotus Symphony or OpenOffice.org, saving them in ODF, and opening them in Office. I would then make changes and save them and open the files back into Symphony or OoO. I used presentations for most of my testing because they are the most complex and require pixel perfect conversion. Overall, the software is early, but most things convert. I had problems with some of the Smart Art, fancy image blocks, and text blocks that overlaid custom layouts. For instance, I used the included Pitchbook presentation template and had issues with multiple charts and tables on the same slide. I also had issues with some of the fancy stuff in the OOOCon 2007 Opening Session slides. Microsoft took copies of all of these and detailed notes. Since we are not even in public beta I will keep an open mind about this.
One of the key thoughts I came away with has to do with Microsoft implementing ODF as complete as possible. We had a big discussion on what should Microsoft do if in implementing ODF exactly exposes a bug in OpenOffice.org or Lotus Symphony? Do they propagate the bug to ensure that the end user gets a file that matches? I agree with Microsoft's decision to not propagate the bugs. It will be the first time that there is real public eye pressure on OpenOffice.org to make sure their ODF implementation is perfect. Competition is a good thing.
Just to answer this now, I do not have a release date for Office 2007 SP 2. When I asked, I was given a pretty funny answer (it will ship by the time it is snowing in Seattle ... and for those not familiar with Seattle, it snows like one or two days a year). I am guessing I will get my hands on a beta later in 2008 and we will see a release in 2009 some time. It makes sense ... Office 2007 SP 2 is something Microsoft wants out before they start talking about Office 14 next year.
Final Thoughts
In conclusion, it was a great workshop. If Microsoft continues to work with the standards community like this, we might see some great things in the future. Well done Microsoft ... Round 1 was a success. Everyone is now watching to see if you continue this dialog and openness and what happens in the next few months.
I want to personally think Doug Mahugh and Brian Jones and members of Brian's Open XML SDK team for listening to what PSC is doing with PresentationML. I had some pretty difficult things to say about the SDK, and instead of trying to snow me over, they listened and agreed and made suggestions. I am really excited about the future of the Open XML SDK.
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Dream Theater Studio Update - Can you handle it? 
Sun, Nov 30th 2008 10:09a John Head
Mike Portnoy, drummer of Dream Theater, just posted this tidbit on the recording of their new album: Well, normally I wont share any studio info for fear of over speculation and analyzation (yes, there's another thread in the Forum with 21 pages of people talking about mine and JP's hair based on Jordan's studio diary!).... But I felt the need to share this excitement with y'all: Today I finished my drum tracks for the new Dream Theater album! And as I normally never give away son [read] Keywords: |
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Happy Thanksgiving
Tue, Nov 25th 2008 12:09p John Head
I have decided to take the non-holiday days this week off to day with a cold and some personal stuff, so everyone (in the states) have a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday and chat with you all in December! [read] Keywords: |
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New Media Tuesday - 11/25/2008 
Tue, Nov 25th 2008 12:09p John Head
Here is what's coming out today ... Movies 24: Redemption (#29 in the DVDPS Top 40) Beverly Hills 90210: Season #6 Big Easy, The: Season #2 Bottle Rocket: The Criterion Collection Chungking Express: The Criterion Collection Dead Of Winter Doris Day Show, The: The Complete Series Family Affair: The Complete Series Fred Claus Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C.: The Complete Series Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C.: The Final Season Hancock: Unrated: SE Mod Squad, The: Season #2: Volume 1 Pink Panther Ultimate Collection [read] Keywords: vista
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New Media Tuesday - 11/18/2008
Tue, Nov 18th 2008 2:09p John Head
Here is what's coming out today ... Movies Bones: Season #3: Totally Decomposed Edition Burke's Law: Season #1: Volume 2 Charmed: The Complete Series Columbia Best Pictures Collection Daniel Boone: Season #6 Doctor Who (2005): Series #4 (#28 in the DVDPS Top 40) Fanfan La Tulipe: The Criterion Collection Ghost Hunt: Season #1: Part 2 Hannah Montana: Season #1 Hawaii Five-O: Season #5 Heathers: Limited Edition Locker Set High School Musical: DVD Game Last Emperor, The: The Criterion Collect [read] Keywords: mac
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Lotusphere 2009 Approved! 
Thu, Nov 13th 2008 5:20p John Head
I am a bit late to the blogging about these, but I had three Lotusphere 2009 session abstracts approved! First, we have the Jumpstart that Alex and I have given the past couple years Introduction to integration of Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino with Microsoft Office, .NET, and Lotus Symphony. The session has been completely revamped with all new demos and new technology demos including the integration of Google Docs with Notes and Domino applications and some intro samples around creating OOXML [read] Keywords: document
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Are you a Lotus Professional in the Chicagoland Area? If so, join the new LinkedIn Group
Thu, Nov 13th 2008 1:19a John Head
If you are a Lotus Professional in the greater Chicagoland area, please join the new LinkedIn group created just for us! Administrator, Developer, User, IBMer ... everyone is invited to join! Special thanks to Nathan Freeman for the cool graphic [read] Keywords: lotus
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If anyone sees me with a World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Litch King box ...
Tue, Nov 11th 2008 11:39p John Head
... would you please tell me to put it down and walk away. I can not let myself go back to WoW. Not buying the new expansion will be the final blow to my previous WoW addiction. As friends, co-workers, comrades in the fight, whatever .. please, help a guy out! :-) [read] Keywords: |
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New Media Tuesday - 11/11/2008
Tue, Nov 11th 2008 4:09p John Head
Here is what's coming out today ... Movies Band Of Brothers (Blu-Ray) (#10 in the DVDPS Top 40) Black Blood Brothers: The Complete Series Chuck: Season #1 (Blu-Ray) Fast Track: Season #1 Father Knows Best: Season #2 Firefly: The Complete Series (Blu-Ray) (#9 in the DVDPS Top 40) Harry Potter: Years 1-5 (Widescreen) Hellboy II: Golden Army (Blu-Ray) (#3 in the DVDPS Top 40) Hellboy II: Golden Army: SE (#6 in the DVDPS Top 40) I Dream Of Jeannie: The Complete Series JFK: Ultimate Collector's [read] Keywords: mac
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New Media Tuesday - 11/04/2008
Tue, Nov 4th 2008 9:59a John Head
Here is what's coming out today ... Movies Barbie In A Christmas Carol Batman: The Complete Animated Series (#25 in the DVDPS Top 40) Budd Boetticher Box Set Christmas Story, A: Ultimate Collector's Edition Cooks Country: Season #1 E2: Desing: Season #3 Familiar Of Zero, The: The Complete Series Fraggle Rock: The Complete Series Futurama: Bender's Game Get Smart (2008): SE Gregory Peck Film Collection, The Guyver: The Complete Series Henry Poole Is Here Holiday Fire I Dream Of Jeannie: The [read] Keywords: designer
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Every American should vote today
Tue, Nov 4th 2008 8:10a John Head
No matter what your politics are, today is the day to get out an vote. Every American has the duty to vote today. Too many citizens have died to protect the freedoms every citizen has, including the right to vote. Even if you go, take your ballet, and don't punch anything ... you still have exercised your right to vote. I spent last evening researching the local races, including judges, to make sure I know every name on the ballet today. Anyone else ready for this election to be over? I am .. [read] Keywords: |
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Download Lotus Symphony 1.2 for the Mac
Tue, Nov 4th 2008 12:09a John Head
You can download the Lotus Symphony 1.2 for Mac beta from here right now [read] Keywords: lotus
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PSC is the featured Lotus Symphony Business Partner
Mon, Nov 3rd 2008 11:49p John Head
Today, the Lotus Symphony website launched the Lotus Symphony Business Partners Page and a Business Partner Spotlight feature on the home page. PSC is the first partner in that spotlight: Very cool! [read] Keywords: lotus
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PSC is the features Lotus Symphony Business Partner
Mon, Nov 3rd 2008 11:39p John Head
Today, the Lotus Symphony website launched the Lotus Symphony Business Partners Page and a Business Partner Spotlight feature on the home page. PSC is the first partner in that spotlight: Very cool! [read] Keywords: lotus
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Are you gaming on the XBox 360 or PS3? Let’s connect
Mon, Nov 3rd 2008 8:50p John Head
So are you playing games on the Xbox 360 or PS3? If so, connect with me on Xbox Live or the Playstation Network. Xbox Live = starfish711 Playstation Network = starfish711 I play 90% of my games on the 360, so I am on there more often than the PS3. The PS3 is a BluRay player with only Uncharted: Drake's Fortune owned. What we really need is a friend connector service for both Xbox Live and the Playstation Network ... that I can use from the web and import email, Facebook, and LinkedIn. [read] Keywords: email
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The inconvenience of this election for me (this is not a political blog)
Mon, Nov 3rd 2008 11:09a John Head
So this is a purely personal complaint blog entry ... and has nothing to do with my political beliefs or how I am voting. With the rally for Senator Obama happening at the South end of Grant Park tomorrow night (which will possibility be a victory or defeat speech .. if you really think anyone will call the election tomorrow ... hello 2000), the inconvenience to the folks who live around Grant Park has already started. First, streets are being closed. The park section that is bounded by La [read] Keywords: security
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Debunking the Lotus Awards = Websphere Portal talk
Mon, Nov 3rd 2008 9:29a John Head
So there has been some talk about how the 2009 version of the Lotus Awards are skewed to be more favorable towards Websphere Portal vs Lotus Software, specially Lotus Notes & Domino. So let's break each award down and look closely to see if this talk is correct. The award info is located here. Award 1: Breakout Technology Award This Award will be presented to an IBM Business Partner who offers a solution that extends the software user experience by leveraging new technology innovation [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Microsoft Document Interop Initative Workshop on OOXML - Thoughts
Sun, Nov 2nd 2008 3:29p John Head
Thoughts on the workshop The DII (Document Interop Initiative website - http://documentinteropinitiative.org Presentations by the Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Teams on what they are doing with OOXML and testing going forward. No specific mention of Office 14 features or support Microsoft wants to created testing documents that everyone can test with their implementations of OOXML Microsoft seems far more interested in supporting both OOXML and ODF than anyone else out there. It seems most vendor [read] Keywords: document
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EditLive for Quickr for Domino goes Beta and upcoming Webinar
Wed, Oct 29th 2008 5:59p John Head
Ephox's EditLive for Quickr for Domino, implemented by PSC, is now in beta! The first implementation replaces the standard rich text editor, powered by Dojo, with EditLive! 6.5 in three places: Quickr Blog: and the custom implementations of the Insert Internal Link, Insert Wikipedia Link, and Insert Internal Image (these were in the Dojo editor) on the Insert menu Quickr Wiki: Quickr Standard Page: Some of the great features you will get with EditLive within Lotus [read] Keywords: domino
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Lotus Symphony 1.2 coming November 5th, with Mac support!
Wed, Oct 29th 2008 11:09a John Head
So Eric Otchet just told the Design Partners that Lotus Symphony 1.2 will be shipping on November 5th, 2008 and will include the first Mac build! It will be English only for 1.2 and it will have a 'beta' tag attached. The gold release will be in the first quarter of 2009 and we can expect Symphony to be bundled with the Notes client around that time as well. More news about 1.2 coming soon! [read] Keywords: lotus
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New Media Tuesday - 10/28/2008
Tue, Oct 28th 2008 12:49p John Head
Here is what's coming out today ... Movies 10 Years Of Rialto Pictures: Criterion Collection 4400, The: The Complete Series Abbott & Costello: The Complete Universal Pictures Collection American President, The Cathouse: Season #1 Donna Reed Show, The: Season #1 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Complete Series Emma: A Victorian Romance: Season #2 Flintstones, The: The Complete Series Girlfriends: Season #5 Good Times: The Complete Series Journey To The Center Of The Earth (2008) (#17 in t [read] Keywords: office
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PSC’s Presentation from the DII Workshop this past week @ Microsoft
Sun, Oct 26th 2008 5:39p John Head
Here are the slides from the PSC presentation at the Microsoft DII Workshop on OOXML from this past week PSC & OOMXLView SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: psc ooxml) [read] Keywords: application
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Test Documents for OOXML and ODF standards
Thu, Oct 23rd 2008 6:03p John Head
At the DII Workshop on OOXML today, one of the issues that is under discussion is creating an test suite of documents that implementers can test their implementation against. My recommendation is that the OOXML (and ODF) camp create something like the ACID test. The ACID test let's browser creators test specific features and functionality and let's the user see where they stand. This is not about implementing hundreds or thousands of pages of a spec, its about meeting specific requirements. T [read] Keywords: document
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Looking to get more involved in the Chicago Not For Profit Community? Come to the Find Your Cause Event!
Thu, Oct 23rd 2008 5:10p John Head
The Chicago Associate Board President's Council (CABPC) is having it's Fall 2008 Find Your Cause event next week, Tuesday, October 28, 2008. This event brings over 20 of Chicago's Not for Profit organizations so that you, the attendee, can learn more and get involved! If you are looking to get more involved with a NFP group, this even is perfect for you! The event is at PJ Clark's, 1141 W. Armitage and is $15. As Communications Committee Chair for the Field Associates of The Field Museum, I will [read] Keywords: community
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DII Workshop around OOXML starts today in Redmond
Thu, Oct 23rd 2008 11:59a John Head
I am back in Redmond, WA this week for the DII Workshop on OOXML. What is great is that this time, I have two other PSC folks with me. David Munaretto, Vice President of Microsoft Services and Andrew Schwantes, OOXML Technical Champion. We are here to listen, learn, and talk about our Case Study around PowerPoint and OOXML. I am betting that this one will be as much fun as the ODF one I attended this summer. I wonder who will attend? :) [read] Keywords: odf
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New PSC Case Study: PowerPoint as An Enterprise Reporting Framework: Harnessing the Power of OOXML
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 4:59p John Head
We just posted a new case study on the PSC Website. This one talks about our first OOXML project, which uses PowerPoint as an enterprise reporting framework. I am super excited about this solution and can not wait to talk about our OOXML frameworks in the near future! If you are looking at doing any work with OOXML, please contact us! [read] Keywords: enterprise
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New Media Tuesday - 10/21/2008
Tue, Oct 21st 2008 10:09a John Head
Here is what's coming out today ... Movies According To Jim: Season #1 Casino Royale: 3-Disc Collector's Edition Charmed: The Complete Series Die Another Day: Ultimate Edition Dr. No: Ultimate Edition Dynasty: Season #3: Volume 2 Family Guy #6 Family Guy Freakin Sweet Party Pack For Your Eyes Only: Ultimate Edition From Russia With Love: Ultimate Edition Incredible Hulk, The (2008) (Blu-Ray) (#1 in the DVDPS Top 40) Incredible Hulk, The (2008): 3-Disc SE (#6 in the DVDPS Top 40) Incredible [read] Keywords: eclipse
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Thoughts on the Websphere Portal Technical Conference
Sun, Oct 19th 2008 3:09p John Head
This past week, I attended the IBM Websphere Portal Technical Conference in Nashville, TN. I was a guest at the Ephox booth, showing off PSC's work on the implementation of EditLive! within IBM Lotus Quickr for Domino. Here are some thoughts about the conference: The vendor's area was much smaller (under 20 partners) but the booth sizes where much larger. Each partner had what seemed like a 10' x 10' space .. with multiple tables, custom backdrop, etc. The booth setup was great The food at th [read] Keywords: composite
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Microsoft embraces Eclipse.org with Silverlight 2
Tue, Oct 14th 2008 6:46p John Head
So in a move that many will raise an eyebrow to, Silverlight 2 ships today ... with support for development within the Eclipse.org development environment. Yes, Microsoft is embracing Eclipse.org. Mike Milinkovich, executive director of The Eclipse Foundation, posted a blog entry about this. It seems that Microsoft is funding a third-party, Soyatec, to do the development. Soyatec is already an Eclipse.org member. You can read about the tools at Eclipse Tools for Microsoft Silverlight site. [read] Keywords: development
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New Media Tuesday - 10/14/2008
Tue, Oct 14th 2008 1:09p John Head
Here is what's coming out today ... Movies Adventures Of Robin Hood: Season #2 Alfred Hitchcock Premiere Collection Alien Vs. Predator: Total Destruction Collection Back To You: Season #1 Biblical Classics Collection CSI: Season #8 Capricorn One: SE Chaplin: 15th Anniversary Edition Chris & John To The Rescue: Season #2 Halloween: 30th Anniversary Box Set Hammer Films: Icons Of Horror Holiday Inn: 3 Disc Collector's Set Home Alone: The Complete Collection Indiana Jones And The Kingdom [read] Keywords: vista
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See you at the Websphere Portal Technical Conference
Sun, Oct 12th 2008 7:09p John Head
I am about to head to Nashville to attend the Websphere Portal Technical Conference that IBM is running this week. I am mainly there to be on the show floor with Ephox, showing off our Lotus Quickr for Domino integration with EditLive! If anyone is going, please come visit or shoot me an email so we can connect! [read] Keywords: domino
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Are you interested in Lotus Symphony? PSC can help!
Tue, Oct 7th 2008 12:09p John Head
Is your company looking at Lotus Symphony as a replacement for other office productivity software? PSC has at Lotus Symphony Executive Jumpstart, now listed in the IBM Lotus Business Solutions Catalog. A 2 day briefing that covers the executive, end-user, and developer related topics. We will help you prepare for the move to Symphony and make sure you have all the current information to make an educated decision. Lotus Symphony can save your company quite a bit of money ... and PSC can help you [read] Keywords: ibm
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New Media Tuesday - 10/7/2008
Tue, Oct 7th 2008 10:19a John Head
Here is what's coming out today ... Movies 30 Rock: Season #2 7th Voyage Of Sinbad, The: 50th Anniversary Edition Alfred Hitchcock Premiere Collection Alice Faye Collection: Volume 2 Allo 'Allo!: The Complete Collection Backyardigans, The: Escape From Fairytale Village Beverly Hillbillies, The: Season #2 Bozenka: Every Shimmy In The Book Care Bears: Flurries Of Fun Cathouse: Season #1 Grace Under Fire: Season #1 Happening, The Henry's World: Season #1 How I Met Your Mother: Season #3 Keepi [read] Keywords: designer
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Integration Custom Development - Why are you not using a framework?
Mon, Oct 6th 2008 10:52p John Head
At UKLUG, as people came to the Integra booth, the topic of custom development came up over and over. We call it 'in-applicaiton development' - where you the developer write code in Script Libraries and/or Agents that connects Notes to the third-party application. Over and over, the issues of proper Notes application development and how hard it was just to add a new column to a report. I know these issues well ... since I have experienced them since 1993! I have 15 years of battle scars on the p [read] Keywords: notes
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PSC is hiring an Administrator
Sat, Oct 4th 2008 7:39a John Head
PSC is hiring in another position in our Collaboration team, this time specifically a Lotus Domino Administrator. Alex has the details, but we need someone who can travel. If you have Administration skills in the Sametime, Quickr, Connections (so DB2 and WAS and Portal) that would never hurt you chances :). As before, please comment on Alex's site or contact him directly. [read] Keywords: administration
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Thoughts on Filtering Planet Lotus
Thu, Oct 2nd 2008 10:09p John Head
So there has been lots of talk of people wanting some way to filter topics on PlanetLotus.org over the past couple months. With all the talk of the election in the U.S. this fall, as well as personal topics that might not be on target and posts that seem to manipulate the readership. As UKLUG, there was a discussion about this. I can no remember who came up with the idea, but I heard the best solution to this problem. Yancy should not filter anything. Nor should he build filtering tools. But som [read] Keywords: lotus
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Are you reading Alex Kassabov’s blog?
Thu, Oct 2nd 2008 12:29a John Head
Are you reading Alex Kassabov's blog? He is on PlanetLotus.org, but you should follow him. Alex is the head of our Collaboration team here at PSC and oversees all of the consultants working on Lotus technology (except Portal, we have a dedicated Portal team that covers multiple vendor's products). He is my boss as well - so the kiss up never hurts, right? His blog has some great thoughts on the Lotus space and other thoughts about consulting and Chicago. Go ahead, follow his blog. [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Go to the Lotus Collaboration Summit in Chicago tomorrow - see The Dark Knight on IMAX for FREE!
Wed, Oct 1st 2008 11:49a John Head
So how many folks in Chicago are going to the Lotus Collaboration Summit tomorrow at Navy Pier? You can still RSVP. After the event, IBM is hosting a free screening of The Dark Knight in IMAX at 3 PM. If you have not RSVP'd for the movie, just tell the folks at the registration desk. How cool of IBM to do this! Seeing the movie of the summer in full IMAX glory in the city it was filmed (at a location in the movie)! [read] Keywords: collaboration
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New Media Tuesday - 9/30/2008
Tue, Sep 30th 2008 3:39p John Head
Here is what's coming out today ... Movies Adam 12: Season #2 Autumn Afternoon, An: The Criterion Collection B.L. Stryker: The Complete Series Banacek: The Complete Series Barbie Princess Collection Box Set Beauty And The Beast: The Complete Series Can't Hardly Wait: 10th Anniversary Edition Case Closed: Season #2 Dirty Harry: Deluxe Edition Emily Of New Moon: Season #1 Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Widescreen) (#22 in the DVDPS Top 40) Forgetting Sarah Marshall: Unrated Collector's Edition ( [read] Keywords: vista
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New Media Tuesday - 9/23/2008
Tue, Sep 23rd 2008 10:09a John Head
Here is what's coming out today ... Movies Aki Kaurismaki's Proletariat Trilogy: Eclipse From The Criterion Collection Alvin And The Chipmunks: A Chipmunk Christmas Alvin And The Chipmunks: Alvin's Thanksgiving Celebration Ax Men: Ax Men: Season #1 Boston Legal: Season #4 Bridge Too Far (Widescreen Collector's Edition) Brothers & Sisters: Season #2 CSI: New York: Season #4 Cashmere Mafia: The Complete Series Deception Friday The 13th: The Series: Season #1 Gantz 4: The Complete Series [read] Keywords: eclipse
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PSC is hiring - IBM Lotus Consultant
Mon, Sep 22nd 2008 9:49p John Head
So with how busy Luis, Alex, and myself have been (along with everyone else on our team), PSC is looking to hire someone to join our IBM Lotus team. From Alex's site here is what he is looking for: Strong Lotus Notes development skills @Functions, of course LotusScirpt is a must Strong web development skills Know how take a Lotus Notes application to the web Know how to write JavaScript Knowledge of DHTML, AJAX is always a plus Experience building enterprise applications Know how to build a [read] Keywords: ibm
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New Media Tuesday - 9/16/2008
Tue, Sep 16th 2008 10:09a John Head
Here is what's coming out today ... Movies 88 Minutes Alvin And The Chipmunks: The ALVINNN!!! Edition American In Paris, An: SE Beetlejuice: 20th Anniversary Edition Breakfast Club, The: Flashback Edition Busby Berkeley Collection, The: Volume 2 Charlie Chan Collection: Volume 5 Chuck: Season #1 Criminal Minds: Season #3 Dirty Sexy Money: Season #1: Exposed Dragon Ball Z: Season #6 Earrings Of Madame De, The: The Criterion Collection Eddie Murphy: Delirious: 25th Anniversary Edition Gigi: [read] Keywords: vista
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Google Desktop 5.8 and World of Warcraft
Mon, Sep 15th 2008 7:04p John Head
So how many things out there get Google's attention when it comes to incompatibility? I have been told Google tells everyone else to fix their software. But look at the release notes for the Google Desktop 5.8: September 11, 2008 Google Desktop 5.8 (5.8.0809.08522) All Languages, Consumer edition only Memory and CPU usage optimizations Support for Windows XP SP3 Support for Firefox 3 Outlook indexing and performance improvements Gadget and sidebar UI improvements Improved shut-dow [read] Keywords: notes
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Sometimes we all just need to get in the same room and share a beer ...
Mon, Sep 15th 2008 1:52p John Head
So over the past week or so, there has a been another round of 'interesting' blogs, comments, emails, ims, and twitters. As I prepare to fly to the UK, I remind myself why the best networking is done face to face. Solving problems, face to face is the best method as well. So I look forward to being in London, sharing a beer with Paul, Ben, Steve, Bill, Stuart, Ed, and everyone else and having a great conversation. Will there be disagreement? For sure. Everyone comes to this conversation with [read] Keywords: community
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5 Years Old
Sat, Sep 13th 2008 10:09a John Head
Today marks the 5 year anniversary of this blog. Thanks for reading, commenting, and participating in my world thru this blog. [read] Keywords: |
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9/11 - I will never forget
Thu, Sep 11th 2008 2:31p John Head
As our country celebrates Patriot's Day and remembers 9/11 7 years later, my thoughts go back to that day and the days after. Unlike most Americans, I was not in the United States during the attacks. I was on a Baltic Cruise and was in Stockholm, Sweden that day. I was one of 12 Americans and 25 english speaking people on a Italian cruise boat holding over 500. I remember being at a museum in the afternoon in Stockholm and noticing a lot of the Italian's cell phones ringing. When our English cru [read] Keywords: security
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New Media Tuesday - 9/9/2008
Tue, Sep 9th 2008 9:51p John Head
Here is what's coming out today ... Movies According To Jim: Season #1 Alvin And The Chipmunks Go To The Movies: Daytona Jones And The Pearl Of Wisdom Baby Mama Barbie & The Diamond Castle Barbie Princess Collection Big Lebowski, The: 10th Anniversary Edition CSI: Miami: Season #6 Child's Play: Anniversary Edition Cool Hand Luke: Deluxe Edition Edgar & Ellen: Season #1: Volume 1 Emily Of New Moon: Season #1 Essential Art House: Volume 1: Criterion Collection (#16 in the DVDPS Top 4 [read] Keywords: mac
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IBM’s website is adding AddThis.com widgets in places
Mon, Sep 8th 2008 1:10p John Head
So while looking at the Lotus Collaboration Summit website today, I noticed that IBM has started adding AddThis.com widgets to their site. Click the widget and then click More at the bottom right to get a full list of the services AddThis.com supports: Nice to see IBM getting into the web 2.0 tagging world. I love AddThis.com and have it on the site here. [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Lotus Collaboration Summit dates appear - Chicago is 10/2/2008
Mon, Sep 8th 2008 1:00p John Head
So the first dates of the Lotus Collaboration Summit for the fall seem to have been released. I see the following dates at the official website: Now, don't go making a stink that YOUR city is not on the list. Not all the dates have been announced and there will not be as many cities as the spring Lotusphere Comes to You events. The Chicago agenda looks like this: Go register for the Chicago event here. [read] Keywords: collaboration
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So IBM thinks it is important that all the LotusScript Developers transition to Java ... where is IBM Education?
Mon, Sep 8th 2008 10:39a John Head
So Bob Balaban did some blogging this weekend on the transition of LotusScript developers to Java and Nathan Freeman blogged about some nuggets around Java and the Notes UI and Front End classes. While the complete message of what is coming is not anything that those of us in the Design Partner can communicate (I just wish IBM would blog/discuss this publically). The path that will come to a head with the final release of 8.5 (that is a guess, it could be 8.5.1 or later) should not surprise anyo [read] Keywords: domino
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Are you ready for some football? NFL 2008 season starts today
Thu, Sep 4th 2008 11:10a John Head
So the NFL American Footballs season officially starts today. Over all other sports, football is by far my favorite. I love high school football because it is the most pure. I root for the Chicago Bears because they are my team. But fantasy football is what I love most. I am in three fantasy football leagues this year. Here is the breakdown for each. In the PSC League (I had the second pick), my team is: In the Geezer Gamer Brigade (this is John Roling's league, with myself, Declan [read] Keywords: |
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Looking for feedback on Lotusphere 2009 Submission
Wed, Sep 3rd 2008 10:49p John Head
So before I submit sessions for consideration by the Lotusphere content team, I was looking for some feedback. I like to submit a very specific amount of sessions (usually 3) but this year I have so many ideas. Here they all are Introduction to Integration with IBM Lotus Notes and Domino and Microsoft Office and Lotus Symphony (Jumpstart) - This session has been done before, but 3 out of the past 4 years this session has been done twice on Sunday and gotten loads of attendees. The content wou [read] Keywords: composite
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New Media Tuesday - 9/2/2008
Tue, Sep 2nd 2008 11:29a John Head
Here is what's coming out today ... Movies Arthur: Arthur Season #11 Baki the Grappler: The Complete Series Big Bang Theory, The: Sesaon #1 Bright Lights, Big City: 20th Anniversary Edition Cheers: Season #10 Desperate Housewives: Season #4: Sizzling Secrets Edition Eli Stone: Season #1 Ghost Whisperer: Season #3 Honey West: The Complete Series It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: Deluxe Edition Life: Season #1 Little People Big World: Season #2: Volume 1 Living With Ed: Season #2 Marrie [read] Keywords: |
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Lotus Symphony 1.1 has new icons - is this the precursor for Notes 8.5?
Fri, Aug 29th 2008 12:20p John Head
Check out the icons for Lotus Symphony Documents, Spreadsheets, and Presentations. We have color! Hopefully this is a precursor to Notes 8.5 getting better icons for the client, admin, and designer! [read] Keywords: admin
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Lotus Symphony 1.1 adds new preference options for performance, enterprise management, more
Fri, Aug 29th 2008 12:09p John Head
Here is a first look at the preferences for Lotus Symphony 1.1 and what is new/changed We now have two options for performance optimization. With moderate I now load Lotus Symphony 1.1 in 9 seconds on my Dell laptop .. with Notes 8.0.2 running! I believe this is tied into the Expeditor Enterprise Management tools. Create to see Enterprise Management tools in Symphony. More about this in a future blog entry. Not only can you select what files will open in Lotus Symphony by [read] Keywords: expeditor
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Lotus Symphony 1.1 has Notes mail merge built in!
Fri, Aug 29th 2008 12:00p John Head
After all of those years of asking, we finally have Notes .nsf based mail merge. This feature comes from Lotus Symphony 1.1 (which will be included in the final Notes 8.5 final release). Here is a screen grab You can select any nsf file, and I selected a database based on the Notes Personal Name & Address book (Notes Contacts in Notes 8.X). It seems that it reads the Person document specifically, but I am already in the Symphony API and looking on how to build a mapping tool for cust [read] Keywords: document
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Lotus Symphony 1.1 is out
Fri, Aug 29th 2008 11:09a John Head
Lotus Symphony 1.1 can be downloaded now. Here is the new feature list: What's New in Symphony 1.1 Performance enhancements: Reduced memory footprintFunctionality enhancements: Enabled Expeditor Client Management support and added Enterprise Management Agent setting in preferences page. Added Mail Merge feature to Documents by which user can send out batches of letters that merge fields from a data source. Improved macro enablement in the following aspects: Enabled macro security policy in [read] Keywords: agent
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New Media Tuesday - 8/26/2008
Tue, Aug 26th 2008 12:49p John Head
Here is what's coming out today ... Movies Afro Samurai: Season #1: Director's Cut Alice Faye Collection: Volume 2 Best Of Comedy Central Presents 2, The: Uncensored Brotherhood Of The Wolf: Director's Cut Delicatessen: SE Entourage: Season #4 Errol Flynn Westerns Collection Escape From Fort Bravo Everybody Hates Chris: Season #3 Heroes: Season #1 (Blu-Ray) (#24 in the DVDPS Top 40) Heroes: Season #2 (Blu-Ray) (#2 in the DVDPS Top 40) Heroes: Season #2 (#1 in the DVDPS Top 40) How The West [read] Keywords: vista
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Lotus Symphony for Dummies is available
Fri, Aug 22nd 2008 11:30a John Head
Today I went to get my (snail) mail and had a package waiting for me. This is what was in inside ... and the blurry picture from inside the book What a cool experience. Not sure I ever want to write a book myself, but I would do the editor role again. [read] Keywords: lotus
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Warhammer Online: Cinematic Trailer
Thu, Aug 21st 2008 4:19p John Head
HiRes version here ... could this stop me from ever going back to WOW completely? hmmm again [read] Keywords: application
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World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Intro Video
Thu, Aug 21st 2008 4:19p John Head
See the HiRes version here. So, will things like this draw me back into the game? hmmmm [read] Keywords: application
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Beijing Olympics done in Legos
Tue, Aug 19th 2008 10:19a John Head
And even more here ... Lego's are the coolest toy every :-) [read] Keywords: |
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New Media Tuesday - 8/19/2008
Tue, Aug 19th 2008 10:19a John Head
Here is what's coming out today ... Movies Bleach: Season #2 Box Set Camp Rock Dexter: Season #2 (#2 in the DVDPS Top 40) Fletch Collection, The George of the Jungle: Swinging 1st Season Gossip Girl: Season #1 Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Haunting Season #4 2007 House: Season #4 Love & A .45 Married With Children: Season #9 Nixon: Election Year Edition: Extended Director's Cut Orangutan Island: Season #1 Perry Mason: Season #3: Volume 1 Prom Night: Unra [read] Keywords: vista
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The Summer Flu Sucks
Thu, Aug 14th 2008 12:20p John Head
Sorry for the downtime, I have the summer flu .. and boy does it suck. The flu even posts empty blog entries for me. Back to blogging soon [read] Keywords: blogging
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Time for another review ...
Thu, Aug 14th 2008 10:09a John Head
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New Media Tuesday - 8/12/2008
Tue, Aug 12th 2008 12:59p John Head
Here is what's coming out today ... Movies American Mall, The Anton Chekhov Collection, The Brand Upon The Brain!: Criterion Collection Caroline In The City: Season #1 Comedy Central's Kenny Vs. Spenny: Season #1: Uncensored DC Super Heroes: The Filmation Adventures Dave's World: Season #1 Eclipse Series 11: Larisa Shepitko: Criterion Collection Eon Kid: Season #1: Volume 1 Juanas: Season #2 Love Boat, The: Season #1: Volume 2 Martin Lawrence's First Amendment: Season #2 Newsroom, The: Sea [read] Keywords: eclipse
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Monday is Lotus Day - How are you going to participate!
Thu, Aug 7th 2008 3:39p John Head
If you have not heard by now, Monday August 11th, 2008 is Yellow Day. How are you going to participate? Here are some suggestions: Post a blog entry about something cool you are doing with Lotus technologies Post a podcast Release a new app or update something on OpenNTF.org Anything else that adds value to the Lotus community If you post something, use the tag "Yell8wDay" on your blog or pictures or whatever. [read] Keywords: lotus
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It is going to be a great Illini Fall
Wed, Aug 6th 2008 5:23p John Head
4 season tickets to regular seats, 3 season tickets to Colonnades Club tickets, parking passes, and tickets to the Missouri vs Illini game in St. Louis on August 30th. Just waiting for the Michigan tickets to show up. I guess Sarah and I will be spending quite a few weekends in Champaign this fall. [read] Keywords: |
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Y - it’s coming ... are you ready?
Wed, Aug 6th 2008 12:19p John Head
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Ephox pickes PSC to implement EditLive! in Lotus Quickr for Domino
Tue, Aug 5th 2008 3:39p John Head
One of the questions I get from customers and prospects is "We know PSC does quite a bit of Notes and Domino consulting, but do you do any Lotus Quickr work?" The answer is "Yes" we just do not communicate that as well. What makes it hard is most of the work we do is specific customizations for companies looking to implement Lotus Quickr into their business process - it is often hard to get permission to talk or post about that work. So I am excited to be able to reveal that Ephox, the compa [read] Keywords: domino
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New Media Tuesday - 8/5/2008
Tue, Aug 5th 2008 10:09a John Head
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